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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 ::
Plumbing the Depths by Tom Robbins, The Village Voice
Plumbing is a tough and crucial trade, and those who master it and hold a union card can earn some $42 an hour. But despite their standing in labor's aristocracy, for the past year the 5,800 members of the union representing New York City's plumbers have been on the defensive and in turmoil as a result of a bribery scandal and a widening investigation.
The scandal stems from the arrests last June of three plumbers' union officials who were charged with taking bribes from a contractor working at Staten Island University Hospital. The officials allegedly collected more than $60,000 in bribes in exchange for allowing the builder to save more than $1 million by not making payments to the union's benefit funds. The arrests came at the same time that investigators from the state attorney general's office were probing corruption allegations surrounding the purchase and construction of a multimillion-dollar training center built by the union in Long Island City.------------------------------------------- posted 6:45 PM :: reference link ::
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